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See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907

This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, using the most recently available official figures. Because such figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or with the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.

The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations plus seven sovereign states that are not.

The European Union is listed unranked for comparison. The EU is not a country, but has many of the features of a confederal state such as a central administration, a parliament, a superior judiciary, a common market, a common currency (used by approximately 60% of its population) ^[1], EU citizenship and free settlement of its citizens across its territory.

Rank	Country / Territory / Entity	Population	Date	% of World Population	Source
—	World	6,587,000,000		100%	population clock
1	People's Republic of China	1,318,000,000		20.03%	population clock
2	India[2]	1,127,000,000		17.13%	population clock
—	European Union	494,900,000		7.52%	Eurostat data [3]
3	United States of America	301,600,000		4.58%	population clock
4	Indonesia	234,600,000		3.56%	population clock
5	Brazil	186,250,000		2.83%	population clock
6	Pakistan	159,950,000		2.43%	population clock, [4]
7	Bangladesh	149,950,000		2.28%	population clock
8	Russia	141,500,000		2.15%	population clock
9	Nigeria	134,300,000		2.04%	population clock
10	Japan	127,720,000	March 1, 2007	1.94%	official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11	Mexico	109,300,000		1.66%	population clock
12	Philippines	91,100,000		1.38%	population clock
13	Vietnam	85,250,224		1.3%	population clock
14	Germany	82,310,000	Dec. 31, 2006	1.25%	official Destatis estimate
15	Egypt	79,990,000		1.22%	population clock
16	Ethiopia	77,431,000		1.18%	population clock
17	Turkey	72,600,000	2005	1.1%	World Bank estimate
18	Iran	70,049,262		1.08%	population clock[5]
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	64,100,000		0.97%	population clock
20	Thailand	62,828,706	2006	0.95%	Department of Provincicial Administration of Thailand
21	France	61,538,322	Jan. 1, 2007	0.94%	official INSEE estimate
22	United Kingdom	60,209,500	Jul. 1, 2005	0.91%	official ONS estimate
23	Italy	58,863,124	Jul. 1, 2006	0.89%	official Istat estimate
24	South Korea	49,024,737		0.74%	population clock
25	Myanmar (Burma)	47,270,000		0.72%	population clock
26	Ukraine	46,360,000		0.7%	population clock
27	Spain	44,708,964	Jan. 1, 2006	0.68%	official INE estimate
28	South Africa	44,120,000		0.67%	population clock
29	Colombia	42,600,000		0.65%	population clock
30	Sudan	42,150,000		0.64%	population clock
31	Argentina	40,200,000		0.61%	population clock
32	Tanzania	38,160,000		0.58%	population clock
33	Poland	38,132,277	Jun. 30, 2006	0.58%	official GUS estimate
34	Kenya	36,660,000		0.56%	population clock
35	Morocco	33,770,000		0.51%	population clock
36	Algeria	33,250,000		0.51%	population clock
37	Canada	32,900,000		0.5%	population clock
38	Afghanistan	31,350,000		0.48%	population clock
39	Uganda	29,950,000		0.46%	population clock
40	Nepal	28,770,000		0.44%	population clock
41	Peru	28,700,000		0.44%	population clock
42	Uzbekistan	27,730,000		0.42%	population clock
43	Malaysia	26,900,000	Jan. 2007	0.41%	population clock
44	Iraq	26,783,383		0.41%	population clock
45	Venezuela	26,070,000		0.4%	population clock
46	Saudi Arabia	25,970,000		0.39%	population clock
47	North Korea	23,290,000		0.35%	population clock
48	Republic of China (Taiwan) [6]	22,880,000	Jan. 2007	0.35%	official National Statistics ROC estimate
49	Ghana	22,840,000		0.35%	population clock
50	Romania	22,280,000		0.34%	population clock
51	Yemen	21,970,000		0.33%	population clock
52	Sri Lanka	20,940,000		0.32%	population clock
53	Australia	20,810,000	March 29, 2007	0.32%	population clock, [7]
54	Mozambique	20,765,000		0.32%	population clock
55	Madagascar	19,280,000		0.29%	population clock
56	Syria	19,220,000		0.29%	population clock
57	Cameroon	18,080,000		0.27%	population clock
58	Côte d'Ivoire	17,950,000		0.27%	population clock
59	Netherlands	16,370,000		0.25%	population clock
60	Chile	16,295,000		0.25%	population clock
61	Kazakhstan	15,390,000		0.23%	population clock
62	Burkina Faso	14,150,000		0.22%	population clock
63	Cambodia	14,071,000		0.21%	population clock
64	Niger	13,957,000		0.21%	population clock
65	Ecuador	13,778,000		0.21%	population clock
66	Mali	13,518,000		0.21%	population clock
67	Malawi	13,482,000		0.2%	population clock
68	Zimbabwe	13,010,000		0.2%	population clock
69	Guatemala	12,678,000		0.19%	population clock
70	Angola	12,070,000		0.18%	population clock
71	Zambia	11,668,000		0.18%	population clock
72	Senegal	11,658,000		0.18%	population clock
73	Cuba	11,440,000		0.17%	population clock
74	Greece	10,668,000		0.16%	population clock
75	Portugal	10,605,870		0.16%	population clock
76	Belgium	10,419,000		0.16%	population clock
77	Czech Republic	10,287,189	Dec. 31, 2006	0.16%	official ČSÚ estimate
78	Tunisia	10,256,000		0.16%	population clock
79	Chad	10,112,000		0.15%	population clock
80	Hungary	9,950,000		0.15%	population clock
81	Guinea	9,890,000		0.15%	population clock
82	Belarus	9,720,000		0.15%	population clock
83	Serbia	9,396,411	2002	0.15%	population clock [8]
84	Bolivia	9,182,000		0.14%	population clock
85	Sweden	9,122,000		0.14%	population clock
86	Rwanda	9,038,000		0.14%
87	Dominican Republic	8,895,000		0.14%
88	Somalia	9,030,000		0.14%	population clock
89	Haiti	8,660,000		0.13%	population clock
90	Benin	8,439,000		0.13%
91	Azerbaijan	8,411,000		0.13%
92	Austria	8,292,322		0.12%	population clock
93	Burundi	8,150,000		0.12%	population clock
94	Bulgaria	7,726,000		0.12%	population clock
95	Switzerland	7,520,000		0.11%	population clock
96	Honduras	7,448,000		0.11%	population clock
97	Israel	7,115,000		0.11%
98	El Salvador	7,104,999		0.11%
99	Hong Kong	7,041,000		0.11%	population clock
100	Tajikistan	6,507,000		0.1%
101	Paraguay	6,158,000		0.094%
102	Togo	6,145,000		0.093%
103	Laos	5,924,000		0.09%
104	Papua New Guinea	5,887,000		0.09%
105	Libya	5,853,000		0.089%
106	Nicaragua	5,652,000		0.086%	population clock
107	Sierra Leone	5,525,000		0.084%
108	Slovakia	5,450,000		0.083%	population clock
109	Denmark	5,447,000		0.083%	population clock
110	Jordan	5,350,000		0.081%
111	Finland	5,280,000		0.08%	population clock [9]
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,272,000		0.08%	population clock
113	Turkmenistan	5,105,000		0.078%	population clock
114	Norway	4,690,000		0.071%	population clock, [10]
115	Croatia	4,551,000		0.069%
116	United Arab Emirates	4,496,000		0.068%
117	Singapore	4,483,900		0.068%	population clock
118	Georgia	4,474,000		0.068%	[11]
119	Eritrea	4,401,000		0.067%
120	Costa Rica	4,327,000		0.066%	population clock
121	Republic of Ireland	4,234,925		0.064%	[12]
122	New Zealand	4,179,000		0.063%	population clock
123	Moldova	4,148,000		0.063%	[13]
124	Central African Republic	4,038,000		0.061%
125	Republic of the Congo	3,999,000		0.061%	population clock
126	Puerto Rico (US)	3,955,000		0.06%	population clock
127	Palestine	3,951,000		0.06%	population clock population clock
128	Lebanon	3,907,000		0.059%	population clock
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,900,000		0.059%
130	Albania	3,622,720		0.054%	population clock
131	Somaliland	3,500,000		0.053%
132	Uruguay	3,463,000		0.053%	population clock
133	Lithuania	3,431,000		0.052%	population clock
134	Liberia	3,283,000		0.05%	population clock
135	Panama	3,232,000		0.049%	population clock
136	Armenia	3,215,800		0.049%	population clock
137	Mauritania	3,069,000		0.047%
138	Kuwait	2,687,000		0.041%	population clock
139	Jamaica	2,651,000		0.04%
140	Mongolia	2,646,000		0.04%
141	Oman	2,567,000		0.039%	population counter
142	Bhutan	2,279,723		0.035%	[14]
143	Latvia	2,270,000		0.035%	population clock
144	Namibia	2,054,500		0.031%	population clock
145	Macedonia	2,054,500		0.031%	population clock
146	Slovenia	2,009,000		0.031%	population clock
147	Lesotho	2,022,000		0.027%	population clock
148	Botswana	1,765,000		0.027%	population clock
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,000		0.024%	population clock
150	The Gambia	1,517,000		0.023%
151	Gabon	1,384,000		0.021%
152	Estonia	1,326,500		0.02%	population clock
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,000		0.02%	population clock
154	Mauritius	1,249,000		0.019%	population clock[15]
155	Swaziland	1,032,000		0.016%	population clock
156	East Timor	947,000		0.014%
157	Fiji	848,000		0.013%
158	Cyprus	835,000		0.013%	population clock [16]
159	Qatar	813,000		0.012%
160	Comoros	798,000		0.012%	population clock[17]
161	Réunion (France)	794,700		0.012%	population clock
162	Djibouti	793,000		0.012%
163	Guyana	751,000		0.011%
164	Bahrain	727,000		0.011%	population clock
165	Montenegro	620,145		0.009%	[18]
166	Transnistria	555,347		0.008%
167	Macau	508,500		0.008%	population clock
168	Cape Verde	507,000		0.008%	population clock
169	Equatorial Guinea	504,000		0.008%
170	Solomon Islands	478,000		0.007%
171	Luxembourg	472,000		0.007%	population clock
172	Guadeloupe (France)	455,300		0.007%	population clock
173	Suriname	449,000		0.007%
174	Malta	402,000		0.006%	population clock
175	Martinique (France)	396,000		0.006%
176	Brunei	382,100		0.006%	population clock
177	Western Sahara	341,000		0.005%
178	Maldives	329,000		0.005%
179	The Bahamas	323,000		0.005%	population clock
180	Iceland	309,699	April 1, 2007	0.005%	population clock
181	Belize	291,600		0.004%	population clock
182	Barbados	280,700		0.004%	population clock
183	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	264,172		0.004%
184	French Polynesia (France)	257,000		0.004%
185	New Caledonia (France)	237,000		0.004%	population clock
186	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	221 736		0.003%
187	Vanuatu	211,000		0.003%